Spring is coming and the chimpanzees were feeling it today.
Jody:
Burrito & Missy:
Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
Hope. Love. Home. Sanctuary
by Diana
by Katelyn
We’re so lucky to have a second lovely Sponsor a Day today! Many thanks to Colleen Andrews, who is celebrating her sister, Ariel, on her birthday!
“In honor of my wonderful, kind and loving sister Ariel on her birthday. She has worked tirelessly in an Emergency Room hospital during Covid and now works in palliative care at a hospital sharing her knowledge, compassion and wisdom to patients who will be passing to the other side. I know how very lucky these people and their families are to have her advocating for them. She, like all the caregivers at CSNW give so much of themselves to our world. Because of all of you, my faith in humanity soars! Happy Birthday Sis! Love you.”
Colleen, thank you so much for choosing to celebrate Ariel this way and share both your kind hearts with the chimps and the bovines!
Happy Birthday, Ariel! Thank you for the dedicated care, dignity and comfort you share with so many and the difference you make in so many lives. Even, and especially, for the differences which you may never be aware of. And thanks for helping to make so much possible in the lives of all those who call the sanctuary home. Have a beautiful day of celebration! It lifts our hearts knowing about you!
Dora and Rayne:
Jamie swaddled in her nest:
Gordo:
Annie and Missy:
by Katelyn
Our very own staff caregiver, Chad, graciously sponsored a day of sanctuary for his chimpanzee and bovine friends in honor of his mother, Jody, for her birthday and retirement!
“Mother/Mom/Mommy/Mumsie dearest, I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday and to celebrate your full week of retirement! I am not only so happy for your decades of dedication to your job and company, but also so very proud of you! You worked tirelessly and endlessly, all the while raising three children. Two ‘normal’ and one with wild and crazy dreams and ambitions. Yet regardless of how wild and crazy those dreams and ambitions were, you always, without a shroud of hesitation, supported those dreams. And here I am. Doing what I have always dreamed of doing. I don’t think I would be here without your undying support. Though geography separates us, your love always makes us feel as if we were in the same room. I hope you have an amazing birthday and a wonderful life in retirement!”
(Human) Jody and (chimpanzee) Jody have an awful lot in common when it comes to being there for their family and friends it seems. How very lucky their loved ones are.
Happy Birthday and congratulations on your retirement, Jody!! All of us here at the sanctuary send all the good thoughts for today, and for a proper Jody-style retirement full of days surrounded by loved ones, joy, celebration, adventure, ease, and just doing whatever makes your heart sing.
Burrito and Jody:
Jody leading a patrol around Young’s Hill, with her friends, Missy, Annie, Burrito and Foxie following:
Betsy grooming her son, Nutmeg:
This guy:
Jody and Foxie:
The Queen of Lounging:
Burrito and his beloved buddy and caregiver, Chad:
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